Béla BIRKAS (1929-1973). Self-portrait, "Young Miner", 1953. Charcoal on paper mounted on cardboard, signed and dated upper right (warped, small tears, traces of moisture on the passe-partout). Signed, dated, titled and located on the back. Sight size: Height 53.5 cm - Width 39 cm Also included: Portrait of a Woman, 1954. Pencil on paper pasted on cardboard, signed and dated lower left (paper slightly warped, traces of humidity on the passe-partout). Sight size: Height 29.5 cm - Width 20.5 cm Provenance: Artist's studio Note: Previously a biology teacher, Béla Birkàs left his university career to devote himself to painting. His works, produced in Hungary in 1954, bear witness to the artist's first approach to art during his training at the Budapest School of Fine Arts.